Means for holding and inflating pneumatic tires.



I. W. STANLEY. MEANS .FOR. HOLDING AND INFLATING PNEUMATIC TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1908.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

F. WSTANLEL MEANS FOR HOLDING AND INFLATING PNEUMATIC TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.12. 1908. I Patented @ct.26,1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

FREDERICK WILLIAM STANLEY, 6F GRANGE-$2 131;

MEANS FOR HOLDING AND ENFLfiEING application filed November 12, 13%. Serial rm. e.

To allwhom it may concem:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK WILLIAM STANLEY, a subject of His Majesty the King" of England, residing at Grang -over-Sands, in the county of Lancaster, Kingdom of En land, have invented certain new and wheels or rims use 111 Improvements in Means with reference to the accompanying drawb may as readily. be'secured ings wherein Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of an appliance designed to be bolted to a floor or the like, the wheel or rim being depicted in position thereon by dotted lines, and Fig. 2 is a similar view at right angles thereto.

The appliance represented. comprises a frame or support a which carries the other components thereof. The frame a is provided with a base or flange b by which it-is secured, as indicated at c, 0, to the floor or the like, though, obviously, the base or flange to a wall or the like .On the frame or support a I provide a bearing sleeve 0! in which is mounted a crank shaft 6 which can be rotated therein or held against rotation in the manner hereinafter described. The crank shaft 6 is shown as being fitted with a handle f by which it may elther be rotated in the sleeve (2 or it may be locked against rotation. This locking may be effected in various ways, but I have shown for this purpose a ping which is passed through a hole h in the handle and enters a socket a in the frame or support a. On the shaft 01 rotatably mount a bracket having three arms Zak, k, springing from a central hub Z, on each of which I furnish a device-,m-for engaging the rim or felly n, the

device m being constructed as a screw clamp to afford adjustability. Of course there may I be more or less than three arms 70, 70, 7c and all need not be fitted with a device on, which,

in turn,'need not be adjustable in every case.

Further, the adjustable device may take other forms than that exemplified. Means are provided for locking the bracket to the Specification of Letters .Patent.

for Holding and Inflating Pneumatic Tires, of which theframe and for this purpose 1 preferably provide the boss l with two or more slots 0', and 1 provide the frame or support a with a slot p. To the sleeve d is hinged at 9 an arm 1, the free of which is adapted to engage and disengage the slot and the slot- 0 which ma g'ster therewith.

A handle 8 is rovidcd on one oi? the arms is for rotating the bracket 7*. To the bracket 7' through the medium of other arms 5, t, 6 like the arms is, 7:, it, or otherwise, secured a singleor multiple-cylinder pump a whose piston rod or rods is or are some to the crankshaft e. A three-cylinder pump is shown, each cylinder o thereof ivoted as indicated at w to an arm 5', and its piston rod :0 connected as at y to the pin a or" crank of the shaft 6. The pump a may be of any appropriate construction, sucl that shown by the se nal view of the umder c in Fig. 1. The ivory nozzle 1 of each cylinder e is COIlZlGEiQfl by a flexible pipe 2 to a common pipe 3 which is suitably supported upon the bracket 5; whose dclr'cry nozzle 4 is similarly or otherwise appropriately connected to the valve of the tire 5.

Having described the construction of the appliance I will now explain its use. Assuming the crankshaft e is locked against rotation by the handle 7' and pin 9 and supposing a tire is to be repaired or replaced, then the wheel or rim a is placed over the bracket j and enga ed by the devices at, m, 'm thereon. The bracket is secured so that it cannot rotate means of the pin'device 0, 17, 9, and thus the whole is held stationary, though, of course, the wheel or rim a can be "uired is pin r from the dotted lines in bracket j by the hand Wheel or rim a itself. New ass mi pair. or replacement is complete, a sired to inflate tire 5, then pin conle 5, or

. it is dethdrawn nection 0, p, a" of the bracket j is 1 as dethe pump at is operated to attain the desired end Without the flexible connections 2, 2, 2

' from the cylinders 0, '2), a) being twisted.

It Will now be seen that by my invention 1 provide a very simple appliance for the purposes specified, and which, as already pointed out may be adapted for fixed or portable use.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letr ters Patent of the United States is 1. The combination of a frame or support,

2. The combination of a frame or support,-

a crank shaft mounted thereon, a bracket rotatably mounted on the crank shaft, means carried by the bracket for engaging a'wheel or tire, means for locking the bracket to the frame or support, a pump operatively cones'zgeee nected with the crank shaft and means for rotating the crank shaft.

3. The combination of a frame or support, a crank shaft mounted to rotate thereon, means for locking the crank shaft against rotation, a bracket mounted to rotate on the crank shaft, means for preventing the rotation of the bracket, means carried by the bracket for engaging a tire of Wheel, and a pump carried by the bracket and operatively connected with the crank shaft.

1-. The combination of a frame or support, a bracket supported thereby, means carried by the bracket for engaging a tire or Wheel, a pump mounted on the bracket and means for operating the pump.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

F. WILLIAM STANLEY. Witnesses i J. Ami/ms, Enron. J. Cnnnmnn. 

